Rockets' Daryl Morey uses stats to prove why LeBron is the GOAT

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey has relied heavily on analytics to transform the Houston Rockets and create a wildly entertaining three-point machine that nearly toppled the Golden State Warriors last season. According to Morey, advanced stats make it clear that new Lakers star LeBron James is the greatest player in the history of the game – and it isn’t particularly close.

“I think you just look at his ability to generate wins and championship probability over time. You basically break that down and obviously… you don’t need all the numbers, you can watch as well and see that. But if you basically isolate that and also look at the career he’s had, frankly I think at this point it’s become a bit of a big margin, actually, where he’s come out ahead. I know that’s a little controversial.”

ESPN crunched the numbers earlier this year and found that James and Michael Jordan were in a dead heat in “championships added,” a metric that measures how much a player contributed to winning a championship. James has already surpassed Jordan in career win shares, though, and could approach all-time win share leader Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in roughly four and a half seasons at his current pace.

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